Links: Brierley and Macdonald‚ “Quebec Civil Law” (1993) • Civil Code as social constitution ▪ Interest upon usurious loans could not be reduced (Art. 1149 CCLC Para 3) ▪ Abusive penal clauses could not be struck down (Art ▪ In reality‚ K exists only b/c the law allows it (1372) o Contract is necessarily fair/ just ▪ Rejection of formalism (Roman law) Ghestin: "L ’utile et le juste dans les contrats" (1981) Art
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Facts: Betty Dukes and five other women‚ who were Wal-Mart employees‚ filed a class-action lawsuit against alleged infringement upon civil rights done by Wal-Mart. They argued on behalf of themselves and 1.5 million women—who had been employed by Wal-Mart after December 26‚ 1998—that Wal-Mart implemented corporate policies that resulted in nationwide discrimination against employed females. They claimed there was a moratorium in promotion in comparison to male employees; furthermore‚ they contended
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Based on Criteria’s of Evaluating Venture Opportunities there are several key indicators that shows that Zipcar is indeed a high potential venture. Below are the criteria in brief 1.0 Industry & Market Market: The revolutionary concept certainly provides an alternative to public transport. Furthermore the car sharing concept is really useful for the public in a overcrowded city with limited parking & expensive parking fees. This is clearly not an untouched segment because there are other 2 competitors
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Wal-Mart competitive advantage 6. To what extent is WM’s competitive advantage sustainable? * At the time discount stores were located within large towns‚ WM’s strategy was to put good-sized stores into little one-horse towns that everyone else was ignoring. * WM alternative was to build their own distribution centers so that they could buy in volume at attractive prices and store the merchandise. * WM earn the trust of their customers every day by providing a broad assortment of
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The Joint Commission cited communication the core component of teamwork as the root cause in nearly 60 percent of sentinel events. Having structured communication can prevent failures in communication. The use of verbal handoffs has been a tradition in nursing‚ however the use of structured handoffs and has shown to improve communication among registered nurses‚ including in the surgical arena. Furthermore‚ AORN supports a comprehensive surgical checklist from JACHO and WHO. However‚ The Joint Commission
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Ethical Standards and Working Conditions in Wal-Mart’s Supply Chain A research report conducted by the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) October 24‚ 2007 www.LaborRights.org 1 The International Labor Rights Forum would like to recognize Joanna Barry and Michelle Jacome for all of their research‚ writing‚ and editing support for this report. The International Labor Rights Forum was founded in 1986 and serves a unique role among human rights organizations as advocates for and
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dangerous people‚ one of the remaining reasons to appease citizens would be because they at the very least had a stable and secure job. During this time in Mexican history‚ however‚ the jobs at home were scarce. While Diaz did manage to introduce a large amount to the country what with the railroad construction and all the exporting business‚ it just did not seem to be enough to keep his citizens employed. Often what happened is that many people in the working class would have education and skill to go
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Joint enterprise is growing problem in our modern society were teenagers are sentenced because they were present when the offender delivered the fatal blow. There have been arguments for and against joint enterprise and whether the law should stay or be abolished this is because too many young people are being condemned for just witnessing attacks or observing illegal activities. I do believe those who took part deserve to be punished too‚ just not as rigorously. Personally I believe that the offender
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Personal Statement I distinctly remember the time I was first introduced to programming. My friend was running a C program on his computer which could‚ based on some yes/no questions guessed the number a person had thought of in his/her mind. This capability of machine mesmerized me. “Can Machines Think?” – This question which was proposed by Alan Turing‚ has significantly advanced the field. Imagine his joy if he’d be able to witness IBM’s Deep Blue beating world champion chess player Gary Kasparov
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Conflicts in the Corning-Vitro Joint Venture Corning Inc. is a US company that has a record of some 40 successful global joint ventures over the course of 73 years. Their success rate in joint ventures is over 80 percent which is well above the 50 percent average for successful foreign and national alliances. Through their years of success and experience‚ their formula for determining whether to partner with another organization boiled down to two factors. First‚ will the partnership give
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